After all our anguished toiling in the ruined tailings of the antique mines-it's danged exhilarating to find the real thing !
Mate-If you found a Bernie Leach,you found the UK Ceramic equivalent of Henry Moore-and that aint' nothin'. I'd be guardedly chuffed ! PS-Main...
Here's an Asahi brand lamp found on Ebay. The gang should be able to find more. https://www.ebay.com/itm/177130659740 Yr pair's very cool-wall...
Nice lamp, and nice new logo Komo ! [ATTACH]
I read Backman like a textbook-good study site w/ quality pics & explanations.
AJ- Would you say Blacksmith's descriptions of each piece is fairly accurate,do they seem to have some scholarly documentation to back them up ?...
Look up to AJ's post (7th Post down) of the 'Antique Uzbek pendant with small Med red beads:' This is listed for sale on Blacksmith's site,here-...
Michael Blacksmith-vault of dreams.
I've never joined FB either (old & paranoid maybe ?). Seems there's a lot of research info I'd like to tap into on it, perhaps someday ?
So often it's all in the details-especially these days where replicas and forgeries are common,even rampant (definitely in militaria). PS-You run...
Beauty -very fine control in the glazing .
I got ticked-off at them for not responding to a question abt a Meiji/Taisho Charger-after the gracious treatment we get here,I was perplexed. It...
Mottahedeh-nice stuff & reasonable prices. [ATTACH]
Must say though the original 19th cent piece is a darn cute little simian, and three to six thousand bucks more ! -but look at that face ! How can...
Might as well 'borrow' from the best. This is a 1993 Minton reissue by R. Doulton ($750 !). [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Very true,there was a lot of 'cross-pollination' around even back then. Magazines like 'Ver Sacrum' and 'Jugend' allowed artists to share ideas.
Ditto Lucille, seems like the older Holiday items are where the money is,but not devoted a deep dive to this investigation....
It's mostly flowing curvilinear Nouveau,the section to me that evokes Secessionist design is the trapezoid (Isosceles Trapezium) shape of the...
Thanks for the explanation AJ & Janet-guess I'll still be waiting for a Language Avatar to join our club.:sour::D ...or a truly intelligent AI (or...
Lovely antique spelter secessionist nouveau inkwell,but it seems the little darlings got a bit forceful with the sharp end of a compass.
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